Postcolonial politics and personal laws [electronic resource] : colonial legal legacies and the Indian state / Rina Verma Williams. Williams, Rina Verma. Domestic relations (Hindu law) History. Inheritance and succession (Hindu law) History. Domestic relations (Islamic law) India History. Inheritance and succession (Islamic law) India History. KNS540 .W55 2006 346.54012 23 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. Placing the contemporary discussion on personal laws in India in historical perspective, this important book views the debate as a critical component of Indian democracy. Balancing the imperatives of multiculturalism, national integration, and gender justice, it affirms that there is a complex continuity between the terms of the debate in the postcolonial Indian state and its colonial counterpart. New Delhi ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006. 2006. 2006 Text 1 online resource (vi, 214 p.). http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780195680140.001.0001 eng Oxford law in India series Oxford law in India series. India Colonization. India India